Jeremy Schmidt  

Jeremy Schmidt is Reader in Environmental Geography at Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on the social aspects of land, water, and energy, and he sets these concerns amid the growing impact humans are having on the Earth system. He received his PhD in Geography from the University of Western Ontario. After that, he held a SSHRC post-doctoral scholarship at Harvard University (Social Anthropology) and a Banting post-doctoral award at Dalhousie University (Sociology and Social Anthropology). In 2015, he was award a SSHRC Impact Award (Talent Category). He is the author of Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity (2017) and co-editor of Water ethics: foundational readings for students and professionals (Island Press, 2010). His next major monograph will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2026 based on his longstanding research in western Canada: Landlocked: Water, Energy, and Planetary Politics in Alberta.